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But hospital data is widely available, and it can help researchers determine which drugs may work for different types of addiction and which clinical trials they should run first, she added.

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. In August 2021, while promoting her new book “Dopamine Nation,” the Stanford psychiatrist Anna Lembke ...

"It was one of those things where I understand addiction from a food perspective because I have food issues, and I know people who suffer from several different types of addictions," she tells PEOPLE.

But hospital data is widely available, and it can help researchers determine which drugs may work for different types of addiction and which clinical trials they should run first, she added.